Seminar: Gender Inequality and Economic Development
Block Seminar: Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2024; Room: ifh 0.111 (Heinrich Düker Weg 6)
Rooms: ZHG 1.140 (Fri), Oec 0.169 (Sat)
Kickoff Meeting: Friday, 12.04.2024 16:15, Room: Oec 1.163
Application: until 19.4.2024
Registration (FlexNow): 19.4.-13.6.2024.
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Course material for participants is available at the course material webpage
Introduction
In this Master seminar we discuss theories and empirical evidence on the impact of gender inequality on economic development. Introductory reading: Goldin, C. (2006). The quiet revolution that transformed women's employment, education, and family. American Economic Review, 96(2), 1-21 [article] and Santos Silva, M. and Klasen, S. (2021), Gender inequality as a barrier to economic growth: A review of the theoretical literature. Review of Economics of the Household, 19(3), 581-614 [article] .
Themes
1. On the origins of gender roles: Women and the plough
Reference: Alesina, A., Giuliano, P., & Nunn, N. (2013). On the origins of gender roles: Women and the plough. The quarterly journal of economics, 128(2), 469-530.
2. Modern gender roles and agricultural history: the Neolithic inheritance
Reference: Hansen, C. W., Jensen, P. S., & Skovsgaard, C. V. (2015). Modern gender roles and agricultural history: the Neolithic inheritance. Journal of Economic Growth, 20, 365-404.
3. How the West" Invented" fertility restriction
Reference: Voigtländer, N., & Voth, H. J. (2013). How the West" Invented" fertility restriction. American Economic Review, 103(6), 2227-64.
4. Home appliances and female labor force participation
Reference: de V. Cavalcanti, T. V., & Tavares, J. (2008). Assessing the “engines of liberation”: Home appliances and female labor force participation. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(1), 81-88.
5. The gender gap, fertility, and growth
Reference: Galor, O., & Weil, D. N. (1996). The gender gap, fertility, and growth. The American Economic Review, 86(3), 374-387.
6. The Galor–Weil gender-gap model revisited: from home to market
Reference: Kimura, M., & Yasui, D. (2010). The Galor–Weil gender-gap model revisited: from home to market. Journal of Economic Growth, 15, 323-351.
7. Gender equality and long-run growth
Reference: Lagerlöf, N. P. (2003). Gender equality and long-run growth. Journal of Economic Growth, 8(4), 403-426.
8. Does female empowerment promote economic development?
Reference: Doepke, M., & Tertilt, M. (2019). Does female empowerment promote economic development?. Journal of Economic Growth, 24, 309-343.
9. Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy
Reference: Ngai, L. R., & Petrongolo, B. (2017). Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4), 1-44.
10. Aggregate effects of gender gaps in the labor market: A quantitative estimate
Reference: Cuberes, D., & Teignier, M. (2016). Aggregate effects of gender gaps in the labor market: A quantitative estimate. Journal of human capital, 10(1), 1-32.
11. Intrahousehold bargaining, female autonomy, and labor supply
Reference: Heath, R., & Tan, X. (2020). Intrahousehold bargaining, female autonomy, and labor supply: Theory and evidence from India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(4), 1928-1968.
12. The output cost of gender discrimination: A model-based macroeconomics estimate
Reference: Cavalcanti, T., & Tavares, J. (2016). The output cost of gender discrimination: A model-based macroeconomics estimate. The Economic Journal, 126(590), 109-134.
13. Gender bias and economic development in an endogenous growth model
Reference: Zhang, J., Zhang, J., & Li, T. (1999). Gender bias and economic development in an endogenous growth model. Journal of Development Economics, 59(2), 497-525.
14. Sex preferences and the reversal of the gender educational gap
Reference: Hazan, M., & Zoabi, H. (2015). Sons or daughters? Sex preferences and the reversal of the gender educational gap. Journal of Demographic Economics, 81(2), 179-201.
15. Bride price and female education
Reference: Ashraf, N., Bau, N., Nunn, N., & Voena, A. (2020). Bride price and female education. Journal of Political Economy, 128(2), 591-641.
16. The long-run consequences of male-biased sex ratios
Reference: Grosjean, P., & Khattar, R. (2019). It’s raining men! Hallelujah? The long-run consequences of male-biased sex ratios. The Review of Economic Studies, 86(2), 723-754.